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火 Fire Sign lower right MR DOODLE! 簽名右下：MR DOODLE! 從不設限，Mr Doodle 的塗鴉狂想曲 「我的動機一向是創造一種通用的即興塗鴉語言，吸引來自世界各地的人們，並與他們接軌」翻攝自藝術家 Instagram— Mr Doodle 英國鬼才藝術家 Mr Doodle 憑藉 一隻麥克筆，以密鋪式的簡單線 條塗鴉風靡全球。九歲開始其藝 術生涯，有著鮮明的個人風格， Mr Doodle 充滿英式嬉皮及幽默 也令他坐擁無數粉絲。若現場觀看 藝術家的即興創作，必定會對他 從來流暢地一筆畫而感到驚奇。 Mr Doodle 以當代流行元素或是 日常生活經驗為靈感，在他的塗鴉 世界中千奇百怪的人物與符號、個個獨一無二，亦滿足了觀者的異想，為 Mr Doodle 的塗鴉 世界中編織出生動幻想與故事，在想像中感受藝術家所帶來 的樂趣。他形容自己的作品為「強迫性塗鴉」唯一解藥就是盡情創作， 靠著對塗鴉如同強迫症一般的熱愛，對任何可以拿到的物體都 做塗鴉，並用塗鴉紙貼滿了他的臥室。他很快地創造了一種全 新的視覺現象:標誌性的「Doodle Land」(塗鴉樂)，密集 的符號、物體和圖案不斷地增長和繁殖，展現出了他的宇宙觀。 他的風格經常被形容成是「塗鴉義大利麵」，他的創作不僅入 侵了畫布，還入侵了家具、書、地鐵站和服飾等，並創造了一 個不斷擴展的世界，裡面充滿了各種新奇好玩的事物。2018 年，他在首爾 Ara Art Center 舉辦了「Doodle World」大型個 展，其後並跨界與三星、PUMA、Fendi 等品牌聯名合作，成 為近年紅遍全球、炙手可熱的新一代藝術家。 「創作這一系列作品的過程充滿樂趣，我希望能讓觀眾透過我 的視角，以輕鬆詼諧的方式看待藝術，從中取樂。」 — Mr Doodle 本季敬獻一系列標誌性的一筆畫作品外，亦有 Mr Doodle 早期 Dr Scribble 時期作品，Dr Scribble 最早出現在 2016 年於倫 敦舉辦的個展「Attention Seeker」中。更於 2017 在 IG 創建 了以 Dr Scribble 為名的帳戶，獨立於 Mr Doodle 發表作品為 Mr Doodle 邪惡孿生兄弟，以黑底白線為基，可愛又有些邪惡塗鴉風格展現了他塗鴉藝術的另一面貌。藉由 Dr Scribble 人格 形象的塑造，有如「壞小孩搗蛋」的行為，也體現他另一自我 的狂想曲。 即興塗鴉，再創經典 Mr Doodle稱他的風格為「義大利麵式塗鴉」( Graffiti Spaghetti )，以顛覆傳統塗鴉的構圖，用線條填滿每一吋能創 作的空間。他的作品色彩鮮艷、線條簡潔、希望觀眾透過他的 視角，以輕鬆幽默的方式看待藝術家所要傳達的訊息。在他 的塗鴉世界中，這些隨筆誕生的角色栩栩如生。他創造了一 種全新的視覺現象，即興揮筆充滿標誌性的一筆畫以不斷增 長地密集字符、物體和圖案，展現出了他的宇宙觀。2019 年 Mr Doodle 更取材一系列改造世界名畫的塗鴉創作，重新演繹 那些藝術史中的名家作品。 此次拍品大尺幅精彩塗鴉作品《火》屬於 Mr Doodle「宇 宙」、「生命」系列。古希臘哲學家亞理斯多德所說構成宇 宙的四種元素:Earth、Water、Air 和 Fire，而生物生命所需 要的四種元素為土壤、水、空氣和陽光。橘色代表《火》， 另有《水》( 藍色 )、《氣》( 紫色 )、《土》( 綠色 )，Mr Doodle 將四元素形象化，以他獨特的視角詮釋物質世界的重要基本構 成。萬物由火而生，而火永遠處於變化之中。Mr Doodle 匯 聚於各種關於火的幽默元素，噴火的恐龍、火山、營火以及火 花等等，喚醒童年腦海中的幻想朋友，亦可發現他塗鴉中的故 事性且傳遞著自身情感和充滿樂趣的世界觀。《睡蓮 Doodles 1》為 Mr Doodle 於 2019 年亮相於香港的名畫系列，取材自 印象派中最具代表性的莫內「睡蓮」系列，睡蓮靈感來自莫 內自家花園美景，藝術家透過柔和明亮的色彩，呈現夏季睡蓮 池中生機盎然的風貌。莫內以睡蓮為主題，共繪製 250 幅畫 作，是他晚年最具代表性的作品。而睡蓮主題轉化為 Doodle 式一筆畫風格，佈滿了各色海中或幻想中的小生物，在一遍 綠意盎然中點綴幾抹灼灼紅花，如淡綠綴枝卻又妙趣橫生， Mr Doodle 以他獨特且新穎的個人視角重新詮釋了屬於他自己 的塗鴉藝術。 British talented artist Mr Doodle wins enormous popularity across the world by creating with his marker densely laying out simple graffiti lines. He started his artistic career at the age of nine and has such an extraordinary personal style. His English hippie and humor enabled him to attract countless fans. If one ever watches his live improvisation, the viewers must be amazed at his never repeated one-stroke painting. Mr Doodle is inspired by either contemporary pop elements or daily life experience, in his graffiti world, his weird characters and symbols are distinctively unique and fully satisfy the whimsical viewers, the vivid fantasy weaved in his graffiti brings the joy with imagination. He described his work as "compulsive graffiti" and the only antidote is to create as much as he can, relying on his love of graffiti as obsessive-compulsive disorder, he painted any objects that he could get and filled his bedroom with graffiti. He quickly created a brand-new visual phenomenon: the iconic "Doodle Land", with his dense symbols, objects and patterns keep reproducing and multiplying, demonstrating his view of the universe. His style is often described as "Graffiti Spaghetti", his creation is not only applied on canvas, but also furniture, books, subway stations and clothing etc., he created an ever-expanding world full of novelty and fun. In 2018, he held a large-scale solo exhibition "Doodle World" at the Ara Art Center in Seoul, and later collaborated with brands such as Samsung, PUMA, Fendi etc., he became a new generation artist who have gained popularity all over the world and numerous fans in recent years. "The process of creating this series of works is full of fun. I hope that the audience can look at art through my perspective in a relaxed and humorous way, and make fun of it." — Mr Doodle This autumn presents a series of Mr Doodle works. In addition to a series of iconic one-stroke works, there are also works from the early Mr Doodle period created in the name of Dr Scribble. Dr Scribble first appeared in the solo exhibition "Attention Seeker" held in London in 2016. He even created an IG account under the name of Dr Scribble in 2017 and published works independent from Mr Doodle, positioning as his evil twin brother. Based on the black background and lines in white, the cute and somewhat evil graffiti style shows another facet of his graffiti art. Through the shaping of Dr Scribble's personality image, sort of like a "naughty kid making trouble" behavior, which also reflects the rhapsody of his other self.Mr Doodle calls his style "Graffiti Spaghetti" subverting the traditional graffiti composition and filling every inch of creative space with lines. His works have bright colors and simple lines, through his perspective, he hopes that the audience can look upon the message he wants to convey in a relaxed and humorous way. In his graffiti world, his characters are vivid. He created a brand-new visual phenomenon, improvised brushstrokes are so iconic with ever- increasing and densely layout of characters, objects and patterns, demonstrating his view of the universe. In 2019, Mr Doodle created a series of graffiti which transformed from the world's famous paintings, reinterpreting the works from those masters in art history. Another wonderful large-scale work "Fire" forms one of the elements from Mr Doodle's "Universe" series. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle once said there are four elements which make up the universe: Earth, Water, Air and Fire, which are indeed the same four elements needed for biological life: Soil, Water, Air and Sunlight. Mr Doodle created a series of works in 2019 exactly based on these four elements, where "Fire" is visualised in orange, "Water" obviously is in blue, “Air" is depicted in purple and finally "Earth" is represented in green. Mr Doodle visualises and reinterprets these four crucial yet basic components of the material composition in the world from his unique perspective. All things are made out of fire, yet which is always in the midst of change. "Fire" integrates various humorous elements about fire, such as fire-breathing dinosaurs, volcanoes, campfires and sparks etc., awakening the imaginary friends once lively appeared in one’s mind during childhood, and also can discover the storytelling narrative in his graffiti, conveying his own emotions and a fun- filled worldview. "Water Lily Doodles 1" forms part of the series of Mr Doodle's famous paintings that first appeared in Hong Kong in 2019. It is based on the most iconic work in Impressionism, the series of "Water Lilies" from Monet. The water lilies are inspired by the beautiful landscape of Monet's own garden, through the application of soft and bright colors, the artist presents the lively and vibrant water lily pond during summer. Under the theme of water lilies, Monet made a total of 250 paintings, which are the most representative works in his later years. The water lily theme is transformed into a Doodle-style one-stroke graffiti painting, the canvas is decorated with small creatures in various colors either under the pond or in pure fantasy, adorned with a few burning red flowers among the greenery landscape. Mr Doodle reinterprets his own graffiti art through his unique and novel personal perspective.
